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1 Thessalonians 2

The Bible in Basic English BBE

1 For you yourselves, brothers, are conscious that our coming among you was not without effect:

2 But after we had first undergone much pain and been cruelly attacked as you saw, at Philippi, by the help of God we gave you the good news without fear, though everything was against us.

3 For our witness does not come from error or from an unclean heart or from deceit:

4 But even as the good news was given to us by the approval of God, so we give it out; not as pleasing men, but God by whom our hearts are tested.

5 For it is common knowledge among you that we never made use of smooth-sounding false words, and God is witness that at no time were we secretly desiring profit for ourselves,

6 Or looking for glory from men, from you or from others, when we might have made ourselves a care to you as Apostles of Christ.

7 But we were gentle among you, like a woman caring for her little ones:

8 Even so, being full of loving desire for you, we took delight in giving you not only God's good news, but even our lives, because you were dear to us.

9 For you have the memory, my brothers, of our trouble and care; how, working night and day, so that we might not be a trouble to any of you, we gave you the good news of God.

10 You are witnesses, with God, how holy and upright and free from all evil was our way of life among you who have faith;

11 Even as you saw how, like a father with his children, we were teaching and comforting you all, and giving witness,

12 So that your lives might be pleasing to God, who has given you a part in his kingdom and his glory.

13 And for this cause we still give praise to God, that, when the word came to your ears through us, you took it, not as the word of man, but, as it truly is, the word of God, which has living power in you who have faith.

14 For you, my brothers, took as your examples the churches of God which are in Judaea in Christ Jesus; because you underwent the same things from your countrymen as they did from the Jews;

15 Who put to death the Lord Jesus and the prophets, violently driving us out; who are unpleasing to God and against all men;

16 Who, to make the measure of their sins complete, kept us from giving the word of salvation to the Gentiles: but the wrath of God is about to come on them in the fullest degree.

17 But we, my brothers, being away from you for a short time, in body but not in heart, had all the more desire to see your face;

18 For which reason we made attempts to come to you, even I, Paul, once and again; but Satan kept us from coming.

19 For what is our hope or joy or crown of glory? Are not even you, before our Lord Jesus, at his coming?

20 For you are our glory and our joy.

Good News Translation GNT

1 Our friends, you yourselves know that our visit to you was not a failure.

2 You know how we had already been mistreated and insulted in Philippi before we came to you in Thessalonica. And even though there was much opposition, our God gave us courage to tell you the Good News that comes from him.

3 Our appeal to you is not based on error or impure motives, nor do we try to trick anyone.

4 Instead, we always speak as God wants us to, because he has judged us worthy to be entrusted with the Good News. We do not try to please people, but to please God, who tests our motives.

5 You know very well that we did not come to you with flattering talk, nor did we use words to cover up greed - God is our witness!

6 We did not try to get praise from anyone, either from you or from others,

7 even though as apostles of Christ we could have made demands on you. But we were gentle when we were with you, like a mother taking care of her children.

8 Because of our love for you we were ready to share with you not only the Good News from God but even our own lives. You were so dear to us!

9 Surely you remember, our friends, how we worked and toiled! We worked day and night so that we would not be any trouble to you as we preached to you the Good News from God.

10 You are our witnesses, and so is God, that our conduct toward you who believe was pure, right, and without fault.

11 You know that we treated each one of you just as parents treat their own children.

12 We encouraged you, we comforted you, and we kept urging you to live the kind of life that pleases God, who calls you to share in his own Kingdom and glory.

13 And there is another reason why we always give thanks to God. When we brought you God's message, you heard it and accepted it, not as a message from human beings but as God's message, which indeed it is. For God is at work in you who believe.

14 Our friends, the same things happened to you that happened to the churches of God in Judea, to the people there who belong to Christ Jesus. You suffered the same persecutions from your own people that they suffered from the Jews,

15 who killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and persecuted us. How displeasing they are to God! How hostile they are to everyone!

16 They even tried to stop us from preaching to the Gentiles the message that would bring them salvation. In this way they have brought to completion all the sins they have always committed. And now God's anger has at last come down on them!

17 As for us, friends, when we were separated from you for a little while - not in our thoughts, of course, but only in body - how we missed you and how hard we tried to see you again!

18 We wanted to return to you. I myself tried to go back more than once, but Satan would not let us.

19 After all, it is you - you, no less than others! - who are our hope, our joy, and our reason for boasting of our victory in the presence of our Lord Jesus when he comes.

20 Indeed, you are our pride and our joy!